In this series of blogs we’ve been arguing that a Vendor-Neutral Archive (VNA) approach – where VNA needs to be read as describing a medical imaging system that can support the exchange of medical image content, however and wherever it has been generated – is a highly promising new way of thinking about building common NHS-wide electronic medical records, which the National Programme failed to do.
The issue of how to get to a place where we can start sharing patient data electronically – the basis of the ‘paperless NHS’ the Health Secretary has said he needs us to be moving toward by 2018 – has become a little confused.
Last week, delegates at the HIMSS conference in New Orleans heard how Obama’s incentive plan to get American hospitals using ICT better is starting to really strike gold.
As Trusts adopt vendor-neutral archives to store digital medical images, they need to beware of technology lock-in which is a risk with some VNAs.
London, UK – March 4th, 2013 – On March 15th , in Central London, SynApps Solutions, the content management solutions company, will host a much anticipated seminar on vendor-neutral archives, bringing NHS Trusts up to speed on new technology options that are now available to them.